 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 str.
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery.' Johnson's Works, v. 109. Johnson had previously attacked Voltaire, in his Memoirs of Frederick the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 str.
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery.' Johnson's Works, v. 109. Johnson had previously attacked Voltaire, in his Memoirs of Frederick the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 str.
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes, as it extends to all his works,... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 str.
...knowing that kings love wine like " other men, and that wine exerts its natural " power upon kings. These are the petty cavils " of petty minds ; a poet overlooks...satisfied with the figure, neglects the " drapery." Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland. Row, St. James's. Bookbinding Co.. Inc. 300 Summer Street Boston.... | |
 | Oriental tales - 1805 - 168 str.
...artists, which it may also be useful to notice. He says : " A poet overlooks the casual distinction of country, and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery." On this I would beg to observe, that what is often slightly marked in the works of the best artists,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 str.
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes, as it extends to all his works,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 str.
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the draper}-. The censure which he has incurred by mixing coinick and tragick scenes, as it extends to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 str.
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes, as it extends to all his works,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 str.
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes, as it extends to all his works,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 str.
...power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds ; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery. The censure which he has incurred by mixing comick and tragick scenes, as it extends to all his works,... | |
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... an usurper and a murderer not only odious but despicable, he therefore added drunkenness to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine like other men, and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds;... 
